Teachers stand behind their unions

The letter writer implies that teachers are not satisfied with the job their union leaders are doing when he suggests that teachers might be inspired by the "current situation" to attend the election meetings of these leaders.

Most teachers I know are firmly behind their current union heads. Teachers understand why these leaders are fighting this government. Dalton McGuinty and Education Minister Laurel Broten proved themselves to be no better than their right-wing counterparts when they decided to disregard the democratic rights of public sector workers.

The only reason teachers might go out in higher numbers to union election meetings now would be to vote these hard-working, committed, intelligent and fair union leaders back into their positions.